Soap-dispenser.



M. BOHLIG. SOAP DISPENSER. APPLICATION rum) umu. 1912.

1,041,417., Patented 0ct.15, 1912.

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MA RTIN BOHLIG, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SOAP-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,248.

Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dispensers,of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in soap dispensers. Its object isto provide a device of this class, simple and durable in construction,adapted to deliver soap in measured quantities and also to provide sucha device with adjustable mechanism whereby the quantity of soap sodelivered may be regulated and varied.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved dispenserin position for use; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, sectional view indetail of the measuring and delivering mechanism in normal or closedposition; Fig. 3 is a similar. view showing said mechanism in positionfor delivering soap therefrom; Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview taken onthe line H of Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on theline 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 10indicates the liquid soap receptacle. This receptacle is provided withan opening 11 and a cap 12 and is normally held by the bracket 13 inposition as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The cylinder 14, mounted on the cap 12, is provided with an inlet port15 which communicates with the interior of the receptacle 10 and anoutlet or discharge port 16 at its lower side. Thepiston 17 within thecylinder 14, comprises a threaded rod 18 andtwo piston heads 19 and 20.These piston heads are threaded on the rod 18 and are adapted to belocked in any desired position thereon by the lock-nuts 21, thus formingbetween said heads an adjustable measuring compartment .22. The air tubeor vent 23 is mounted on the cap 12 and admits air from the compartment22 to the interior of the receptacle 10. The cylinder 14 is provided atone end with an annular flange 24 and at the other end with a screw cap25. A spring 4 26 is arranged between the piston head 19 and the flange24 to yieldingly hold the piston 17 in normal position with the head 20againstthe cap 25. The piston head 20 is provided with a push rod 26,which is pressed when-it is desired to obtain soap' from the receptacle.

The bracket 13 comprises a band 27, flange 28 stud. bolt 29, and locknuts 30 and 31. The flange 28. is attached in any convenient manner to awall or other support and receives the stud bolt 29 in the threadedsocket 29. This bolt is grooved at 32 and 33 to receive the ends of theband 27 which fit in the annular recess 34 in the receptacle 10. Theinner ends of these grooves are depressed to receive the lugs 35 on theends of the band 27. The lock nut 30 is threaded on the stud bolt 29 andis adapted to pass over and about the ends of said band to rigidlysecure the same to said stud bolt. The second lock nut 31 on this boltis designed to secure the bolt to the flange 28 and thus hold thereceptacle in an upright and operative position.

In practical operation, when the piston 17 is in normal-position, thecompartment 22 communicates with the receptacle 10 through the inletport 15'and is filled with liquid therefrom. When it is desired toobtain soap from the dispenser, the user presses the push rod 26 andmoves-the piston to position shown in Fig. 3, in which the compartment22 opens into the outer air through the discharge port 16. The measuringcompartment 22 between the piston'heads 19 and 20 may be varied asdesired, it being necessary however that the piston head 19 close the,

discharge port 16 when the piston is in normal position and the pistonhead 20 close the inlet port when said piston is in position to deliversoap from said cylinder. In refilling the receptacle 10, the lock nut 31is loosened and said receptacle is inverted by turning the stud bolt 29in the flange 23. The nut 31 is then reset to secure the receptacle inthis position, and the cap 12 is removed to permit the filling afterwhich the cap is again adjusted. The nut 31 is loosened, to permit themovement of the receptacle back to normal position and isagain-tightened to secure the same in such positionf To change thecompartment 22, the plston 17 is removed from the cylinder 14 afterdetaching the cap 25 and the piston heads 19 and 20 are adjusted andlocked on the rod 18 as desired.

What I claim as new and tect by Letters Patent, is:

r In a dispenser of the class described, a liquid soap receptacle, openat one end and desire to prohaving a closure therefor, a bracketpivotally supporting said receptacle, adapted to lock the same indifferent positions, a horizontal cylinder on said closure,-an inletportin said cylinder in communication with said receptacle, a discharge portin the side of said cylinder, a movable piston in said cylinder havingdual piston heads spaced apart, adjustable with respect to each otherand forming a variable compartment adapted to receive and deliver thecontents of said receptacle in measured quantities and a tube or vent onsaid closure leading from said compartment to the interior of saidreceptacle.

In testimony whereof, have signed my 15 name to this specification 1nthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARTIN BOHLIG.

Witnesses:

F. C. CAsWELL, G. S. HAUSEN.

